The adiposity of children is associated with their lifestyle behaviours: a cluster analysis of school-aged children from 12 nations.
Dorothea DumuidT OldsL K LewisJ A Martin-FernándezT BarreiraS BroylesJ-P ChaputM FogelholmG HuR KuriyanA KurpadE V LambertJ MaiaV MatsudoV O OnyweraO L SarmientoM StandageM S TremblayC Tudor-LockeP ZhaoP KatzmarzykF GillisonC Mahernull nullPublished in: Pediatric obesity (2016)
Children from different sites clustered into groups of similar lifestyle behaviours. Cluster membership was linked with differing adiposity. Findings support the implementation of activity interventions in all countries, targeting both physical activity and sedentary time.